tabby
To give a wavy or watered appearance toTo give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
Meaning
1 sensesTo give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
Examples
11 sentencesI love tabby cats.
Я обожнюю смугастих котів. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom's cat is a tabby.
У Тома смугастий кіт. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ziri has a cute orange tabby.
The tabby is lying on my foot.
There's a new golden tabby coming around our house.
Origin
Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from ArabicMid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from Arabic الْعَتَّابِيَّة (al-ʕattābiyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince عَتَّاب (ʕattāb)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian تافته (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.
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Forms
tabbies, tabbying, tabbied, tabbiedWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle